Next year, the cost of electricity for households will be at UAH 6.5-7. This was announced on 2 October was announced by the head of the Union of Consumers of Public Utilities Oleg Popenko, reports Komersant ukrainskyi
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“The law, which was adopted in August 2022, refers to only three utilities: heat supply, hot water supply and gas distribution. All other utilities are not specified in the law,” Popenko said.
According to him, the tariff could reach UAH 8-9 in two to three years.
“This was voiced by representatives of DTEK and YASNO. Despite the government’s promises not to raise utility prices, this applies to only a few services,” he stressed.
It should be noted that in late September it became known that NKREKP is preparing an increase in the electricity tariff. The national regulator plans to submit the relevant draft resolution for consideration on 1 October. If approved, the decision on new prices will come into force exactly one month later, on 1 November.
The draft resolution states that it is necessary to raise electricity prices in order to provide additional funds for the recovery of commercial energy companies after the shelling by Russia. Another argument in favour of raising prices is to bring them in line with those abroad, so that Ukrainian companies can buy capacity to balance the European market.
The new electricity tariffs are expected to come into effect on 30 October.
The regulator proposes to set the following price caps for the day-ahead and intraday markets
- from 00:00 to 07:00 – UAH 5,600/MWh;
- from 07:00 to 17:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00 – 6900 UAH/MWh;
- from 17:00 to 23:00 – 9000 UAH/MWh.
The minimum price cap is set at UAH 10/MWh.
The following tariffs are set in the balancing market:
- maximum price caps from 00:00 to 07:00 – 6600 UAH/MWh;
- from 07:00 to 17:00 and from 23:00 to 24:00 – 8250 UAH/MWh;
- from 17:00 to 23:00 – 10,000 UAH/MWh.
In turn, the minimum price is set at UAH 0.01/MWh.